Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Thu 26 Feb 1942

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Thu 26 Feb only, at 06:39: Thu 26 Feb. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 00:31, before it (05:03–06:39).

Amalaki Ekadashi: every date in Sevan

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 120°–132° is the 11th, Shukla Ekadashi. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 06:39 here. Dashami ended at 00:31, before it. Ekadashi ends at 02:15 Fri, when the lead reaches 132°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 15 Feb, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Wed 25 Feb ran from sunset 17:45 Wed to sunrise 06:39, 12 h 54 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 51 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:39 to 17:47, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 23 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 17:47 to 06:38 Fri, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 36 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The fixed stars divide the Moon's path into 27 nakshatras of 13°20′, each in 4 padas of 3°20′. Ardra spans 66°40′–80°00′; the Moon entered its pada 4 at 76°40′. It leaves at 13:09, for Punarvasu.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 313.9° + 76.7° = 390.6°, one full turn and 30.6°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 26°40′–40°00′ is the 3rd, Ayushmana. It ends at 23:46, then Saubhagya.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Ekadashi is Vanija and the second Vishti. Vanija runs until 13:27, when the lead reaches 126°; Vishti until 02:15 Fri.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:39 to 06:38 Fri, so the hours after midnight still belong to Guruwara.

An amanta month runs from new moon to new moon and takes its name from the rashi the Sun is in at the new moon that begins it: Kumbha gives Phalguna. The Sun enters Meena on 14 Mar, inside the month. The next new moon, 17 Mar, finds it in Meena and begins Chaitra.

A purnimanta month runs from full moon to full moon, so its waning half comes first. It shares its name with the amanta month that its second half falls in: the new moon of 15 Feb, with the Sun in Kumbha, began Phalguna. This Shukla paksha reads Phalguna in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 27 Mar 1941, 23:13 Thu. Since then the Sun has moved 330.2° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 1998; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1863.